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The new Xbox Series consoles will begin shipping to fans next week on November 10. However, one lucky redditor got his S Series console earlier and confirmed that there is a lot of storage dedicated to system functions.
The Xbox Series S has a built-in 512GB SSD, of which 364GB is available for installation of games. Similarly, the X Series console has a 1TB SSD, of which 802GB is available. That’s roughly 30% of the reserved memory on the S and 20% on the X.
This reserved storage is for the operating system, as well as for the fast resume feature, which needs to store gigabytes of game state data, so you can go straight back to the game.
If you need more space for your games, keep in mind that modern AAA titles are huge, you can buy a storage expansion card. Seagate makes the official 1TB card, which works on both X and S and is just as fast as internal console SSDs. It costs $ 220, almost as much as the Series S. A 2TB card is also planned.
In case it is not clear, standard 2.5 ”or M.2 SSDs cannot be used. External drives can be used, but only for older generation games.
Microsoft claims that games on the S Series console will take up 30% less space than the X Series, which should make the storage capacity easier to live with (the S is targeting 1440p, so no you need high resolution textures like the X, which will run games at 4K). Additionally, developers can allow you to uninstall parts of a game, for example the single player campaign, to free up more memory.
Both PlayStation 5 models have 825GB internal SSDs, of which 664GB is available for gaming (20% is reserved for the system). There is a standard M.2 slot, which can run next-gen titles, but you will need a very fast PCIe 4.0 SSD.
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